The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State not to be deterred but remain committed to upholding democratic principles and ensure that local government administration is managed by democratically elected officials.
The rights group warned that the plan by Fubara to conduct LGA elections must not be thwarted by the previous local government chairmen, who were appointed by the former governor, Nyesom Wike.
's concerns follow the unending political crisis rocking the state, even as the group suggests that the issues in the state appear to be externally induced.
, the group urged Governor Fubara to 'proceed with the planned elections, saying the step is necessary to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, which has reiterated that local government administration must be carried out by democratically elected individuals.' Speaking further, it added, 'It is illegal for members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to publicly announce their defection from the PDP, under which they were elected, to the APC.
also raised concerns about the possibility of the federal government being complicit in these externally induced attacks, saying it wonders 'whether the President might be instructing the Inspector General of Police to direct the Rivers State Police Command to show loyalty to someone other than the governor or the Constitution.
alleged, 'that the federal government appears to be passively supporting saboteurs who seek to destabilize Rivers State.'
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